10/01/2026
💜Remembering Mesa 💜
This session has been in the plans for months now. Every year, we try to think of a new way to memorialize this amazing girl, and this was the idea for the year. Knowing how incredibly well-documented Mesa's life was, I asked Jen if she minded printing out a whole lot of photos to put on the wall. She immediately said yes, and got to work.
My daughter, Elise, and her close friend Emi, are Mesa's best friends. They are in easily more than half of these photos. Putting them on the wall and re-living tons of the memories and laughs was healing in a lot of ways. We made bets on when Emi's mom, Jeanna, would burst into tears when she came in to help. It did eventually happen.
Mesa's passing encouraged rethinking a lot of things. One of them was to start saying yes to more experiences. Making more time for the kids, booking the concert tickets, taking photos of small moments that I normally wouldn't whip the camera out for.
Today, I want you to set the devices down, go hug your kids, and take ALL of the photos. Make memories. Prioritize family time. Spend as much time with them as possible. Document the laughs, the hobbies, and even the small things, like what they eat for breakfast, their favorite toys, the letters they write you. Love on them, and document like crazy. Most of all, be sure to live life like Mesa did...Full of love, smiles and cartwheels!
-Katy
*I shouldn't have to write this, but I will anyway....
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